Plow attachment.



E. A- MAKER;

PLOW MTAfiHMMT. APPLICATION mm me. Is. 19m.

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 23, 1918.

ELMEB A. IAKEB, OF SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

PLOW ATTACHMENT.

Specification oi Lotte" Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, ions. v

Application filed January 15, 016. Serial No. 72.300.

1 '0 all wham .'t may concern:

die it known that I, Emma A. MAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Swansea, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plow Attachinents, of which the following is a specifica- This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in plow attachmentsand has for its primary object, the ])lU\'IS10Il of a barrow attachment for plows of conventional form.

The invention has for another object, the provision of a plow attachment which will ie of simple construction and operationand ma F be readily attached to the mold board an handles of the plow'and adjusted as required. v

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a harrow attachment for plows which will be composed of the minimum number of parts and which may be readily adjusted with respect to the plow point and mold board.

With the above and the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically set forth, pointed out in the claims and shownin the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a conventional form of plow with my attachment applied to the same, and

Fig. 2 is a top lan of the principal portions of the attac ment.

; teferring more particularly t3 the drawings, in which similar reference characters designate correspondin parts throughout the several views, 1 esignates the mold board and 2 the handles of a plowbf conventional form to which my attachment is applied, the bracket arm 3 being secured to the rear corner of said mold board 1 and having its free rear end twisted, as shown at 4 and suitabl bifurcated to receive the forward ear 5 o the body 6 of the harrow rake, a suitable pivot pin 7 bein extended through the ear, 5 and the en 4 of said bracket arm 3.

The main portion of the body 8 is oflset downwardly and has its rear edge 8 bent downwardly to support the upper bent ends 9 of the arcuate barrow teeth 10, secured to said edge 8 by suitable securing members 11.

and the point of the 'giqpnd maybe readil other objects in view,

Pivoted between the pair of upstanding ears 12 carried upon the upper face of the body 6, by a suitable pivot pin 13, is the lower end of an adjustin rod 14. the up )0! end of which is pivot to the fldjlls'tlllg lever 15. The ad'usting lever 15 is In turn pivoted to the me so ent J6 mount 1| in a suitable manner as in icatedat 1?, upon the handles 2. The lever 15 is of conventional form and carries a locking rod 18 havin one and normally on aged with the teeth 0 the rack se ent 16,%y means of a spriu 19 engaged t erearound, the usual re] 6511;; finger 20 bein pivoted to the lever 10 and con ected to t e rod 18 to withdraw the latter tom the rack segment 16.

Inguse, the angle of the body 6 and harrow teeth 10 with respect to the mold board 1 plow as well as the regulated by adjustment of the leterlii w ich,as will be readily understood may be automatically locked in adjusted position by releasing the finger 21 and permitting the spring 19 to act uponthe rod 18.

While the preferred embodiment of .the invention has been shown and described, it will be understood that many minor changes in the details of constructiom and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

What is claimed is:

1. A barrow attachment for a plow comprising a short, relativelystraight bracket arm fixed on the mold board of the plow and projecting rearwardly therefrom in a horizontal direction, a barrow member ivotally supported by said bracket arm, sai harrow member comprising ,a body formed with a forwardly projecting ear pivotally connected to the end of said bracket arm and a rear- \vardl y extending terminal flange and downwardly and rearwardly oonyexed teeth attached to said flange, and means on the plow handles for adjusting the position of said barrow member.

2. A barrow attachment for a plow, comprising a barrow fork body haying-a (lee; pending edge, teeth secured to said edge, an ear projecting from the opposite edge of said body, means for pivotally connecting said ear to a rigid portion of the plow, means pivoted to said body to adjust the angle of the same and the angle of said teeth with respect to the plow and surface over whicli the latter is to travel. and means for controlling the last mentioned means.

3. A barrow attachment: for a plow comprising the combination 1th the mold board and handles of a plow; of a bearing arm munnted upon sand mold board, a harrow rake pivoted to said bearing arm, an adjusting levelmounted upon said handles, 10 and connections between snid lever and said narrow rake.

In testimonv whereof I ufiix my signature in' presence v, \we witnesses.

ELMER A. MAKER. Witnesses:

EDWIN C. lu'r'rrn, GEORGE S. TIXCOLI\ 

